New to Poland. I bought this SIM card and had it set up but it won’t work when I plug it into my wifi puck. Pls help!!

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  4. As other comments have mentioned, you can’t just plug-and-play SIM cards anymore in Poland. It’s annoying, because we used to buy these in batches for guests of our conferences… oh well.

    > In July 2016, the Polish parliament adopted new anti-terrorism legislation, including a requirement for all existing pre-paid SIM’s to be registered by 1st February 2017.

    > Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications – Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE) have launched a pre-paid SIM card registration scheme, requiring all new users of pre-paid mobile services to register their personal ID details before their service is activated.

    > All new sales of pre-paid SIM’s must now be registered, but it is important to know that , existing pre-paid SIM cards purchased before 25 July 2016 must be registered before 1 February 2017 or the service will be cut off.

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    Mandatory SIM card registration
    Since July 2016 you are required to register your SIM card in order to use it. For registration you will need, an ID card (Polish, EU/EEA citizens only), passport or residence permit. In Poland they will rarely, but usually never accept a driving licence as proof of ID. The minimum age for registration is 13 years of age.

    It’s still possible to buy a prepaid starter set without showing your ID, however your SIM card won’t be activated unless registered. Places where cards can be registered differ depending on the operator. Often some small kiosks sell SIM cards, but are unable to register them. **That’s why it’s recommended to go directly to an operator’s store instead, which are located in towns and shopping centers.**

    Furthermore, **electronic markets, kiosks of the Ruch chain (locator) and many post offices sell and register SIM cards of all 4 providers and most MVNOs.** For all operators maps of registration points are linked. More than 50 million prepaid SIMs in Poland have been registered in Poland in 2016/7 and all unregistered SIM cards have been shut off.

    It is worth noting however, that it is possible and perfectly legal to use a SIM card registered to another person. The only law regulating prepaid SIM registration is Article 60b of The Telecommunication Act (Journal of Laws of 2004, No. 171, item 1800, as amended), which only enforces providers to collect personal information from entities who are a party to the Service Contract, that is who bought the prepaid SIM from the provider. Although such preactivated cards can be found online on polish marketplace sites like Allegro, OLX and Lento, as reselling of those has not been prohibited, please be aware that the service could be suspended without any notice if the registree has too many active SIMs assigned to them. Moreover, you do not have any control over the balance withdrawals or any other aspect of the account, so do not use any 2FA on the given phone number. Using data only along with VoIP, topping up just the exact cost of the packet and blocking all inbound calls and text messages is advisable in this case.

  5. As other said you need to register it but after this u might need to disable pin code on it (if it is going to be ised in router or other WiFi dongle)
    To do this you put it in a Phone, Type pin number (from sim card Holder) then go. To pgone settings and disable pin. Then you can use it in router.

  6. As others said – you need to register it.

    No on a side note, we really do need a mandatory warning about registration for International tourists on these cards…

  7. Wellcome to poland, where nothing really works And most things suck ass, including but Not limited to: technolog, people, food, services of any kind

    I feel for You bro

  8. The last two words sealed it for me lmao.

    Enjoy your rotation. My word of advice is if your unit let’s you escape post, do it.

    Poland is SO beautiful for SO cheap.

    Poznań, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Gdańsk, Warsaw, etc.

    If you’re in a remote town/base, find a local/close taxi place and they’ll come get you.

    I recommend downloading DB Navigator.
    You can see train routes and buy train tickets through the app. It’s much more convenient than a taxi for 100+ miles and it’s pretty cheap. Just plan your trip accordingly.

    As for your sapphire, it’s useful, but I highly recommend exploring Poland if you’re able to. It’s such a fantastic experience.

    Also forgot to mention that restaurants are incredibly cheap on your Army pay.

  9. This is bullshit that’s like $5 usd for 100gb >:/

    Sorry I can’t help you, I just get triggered seeing reasonable data prices

  10. How often politicians are beeing spied on by Pegasus? Quite often as it seems recently. It’s all beeing abused, and I don’t want to give my goverment the easy way. I’m not a tinfoil hat guy bit a right for privacy is a must.

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